Soltek SL-63A User Manual

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Edition: December 1998
Version: 1.0
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Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction ----------------------------------------1

Features -----------------------------------------------------------------------------1
CPU ---------------------------------------------------------------------------1
Chipset ------------------------------------------------------------------------1
L2 Cache ----------------------------------------------------------------------1
Main Memory ----------------------------------------------------------------1
BIOS---------------------------------------------------------------------------2
Super I/O Function ----------------------------------------------------------2
Other Functions --------------------------------------------------------------2

Mainboard Layout with Default Settings ---------------------------------------3

Chapter 2: Hardware Setup -----------------------------------4

CPU Type Jumper Configuration ----------------------------------------------- 4
CPU 4.5X Clock Setting --------------------------------------------------------- 4
PPGA Celeron –300A/66MHz------ -------------------------------------------- 4
CPU 5.0X Clock Setting --------------------------------------------------------- 5

PPGA Celeron -333/66 MHz ---------------------------------------------------- 5

CPU 5.5X Clock Setting---------------------------------------------------------- 5

PPGA Celeron -366/66 MHz -------------------------------------------- 5

CPU 6.0X Clock Setting --------------------------------------------------------- 6

PPGA Celeron -400/66 MHz ---------------------------------------------- 6

System Memory Configuration-------------------------------------------------- 6

CPU Heat sink Installation--------------------------------------------------------7

Jumper Settings -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8

XFAN 1: Onboard FAN (12V) Connector ------------------------------- 8
JP3, JP4: Bus Clock Select----------------------------------------- 9
JP13 ~ JP16: Bus Ratio Select -------------------------------------- 9
JP11, JP12: USB Port Select----------------------------------------------10

JVGA1: VGA Card---------------------------------------------------------10
JBAT1: Clear CMOS Data --------------------------------------------------------10
Connectors------------------------------------------------------------------------11
KB1:Keyboard Connector -------------------------------------------------------- 11

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MS1:PS/2 Mouse Connector ----------------------------------------------------- 11
LPT:Parallel Port ---------------------------------------------------12
COM1/COM2:Serial Port Connectors ---------------------------------12
Power Connector----------------------------------------------------13
FDC:Floppy Drive Connector -------------------------------14
IDE1/IDE2:Primary/Secondary IDE Connectors-----------------14
IDEL Activity Light:(J2 pin 1-4)----------------------------15
Infrared Port Module Connector (J2 pin 6-10)-----------------------------15
J2 in12,13: PWR Switch--------------------------------------------------15
SLEEP Switch(J2 pin 14-15)------------------------------------------------15
Speaker Connector(J3 pin1-4) -----------------------------------------------15
Reset Switch(J3 pin5,6)-------------------------------------------15
JWOL1:Wake On Lan(WOL)Connector------------------------------------15
J1:sb Link-------------------------------------------------------16
Power LED and Keylock Switch(J3 pin8-12)----------------------------16
USB1:USB Connector-------------------------------------------16
Turbo LED (J3pin14,15)------------------------------------------16
J2 Switch Signal Summary----------------------------------------17
J2 Switch Signal Summary----------------------------------------17

Chapter 3: BIOS Setup --------------------------------------18

Standard CMOS Setup ---------------------------------------------------------- 19
BIOS Features Setup ------------------------------------------------------------ 21
Chipset Features Setup --------------------------------------------------------- 25
Power Management Setup ----------------------------------------------------- 29
PnP/PCI Configuration Setup -------------------------------------------------- 33
Load Setup Defaults ------------------------------------------------------------ 35
Integrated Peripherals ----------------------------------------------------------- 36
Supervisor/User Password------------------------------------------------------ 40
IDE HDD Auto Detection ------------------------------------------------------ 41
Save & Exit Setup --------------------------------------------------------------- 41
Exit Without Saving ----------------------------------------------------------- 41

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Chapter 1

Introduction

Features
CPU

1. Supports Intel PPGA Celeron 370 CPU

and other compatible CPUs using
Socket 370 at 300A ~ 533 MHz

2. Supports CPU voltage auto detect circuit

3. Supports 66/100/112 MHz Bus Clock.

Chipset

1. Intel 82440ZX chipset

2. PCI Rev 2.1, 5V, 33MHz interface compliant

3. Supports 66/68/75/83 MHz, 3.3V AGP(Accelerated
Graphics Port) slot

L2 Cache

1. PPGA Celeron 370 CPU supports 128K write back cache
with Pipelined Burst SRAMs

Main Memory

1. Memory range from 8MB (minimum) to 256MB
(SDRAM) (maximum) with DRAM Table Free
configurations

2. Supports 8/16/32/64/128MB SDRAM with 10ns
or faster modules

3. Supports 2 pcs 168pin DIMM sockets (3.3V
Unbuffered, 4 clock type)

4. DRAM supports ECC or Parity function

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BIOS

1. AWARD Plug and Play BIOS

2. Supports ACPI Function

3. Flash Memory for easy upgrade

Super I/O Function

1. Integrated USB (Universal Serial Bus) controller with
two USB ports.

2. Supports 2 IDE channels with 4IDE devices (including
ZIP/LS-120 devices)

3. Provides PCI IDE Bus Master function and supports
Ultra DMA33 function

4. One floppy port

5. Two high speed 16550 FIFO UART ports

6. One parallel port with EPP/ECP/SPP capabilities

7. PS/2 mouse connector

8. Built-in RTC, CMOS, keyboard controller on single I/O
chip

9. Peripherals boot function (with ATX power)

Other Functions

1. AT size 22cm x 24cm

2. 4 PCI Master slots, 2 ISA slots, and 1 AGP slot

3. Supports SCSI/CD-ROM Boot function

4. Supports 66/68/75/83/100/103/105/110/112/115/124/
133/140 MHz Bus Clock*

5. Supports Wake On Lan (WOL), modem ring up function **

6. Supports hardware monitor function (optional).

*: For 100MHz CPU environment, the SDRAM specification

must be compliant with PC-100 Spec.

**: For WOL support WOL, the ATX power supply has to have at

least 5V/720mA standby current.

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Mainboard Layout with Default Settings

The default settings of the following figure is for the
PPGA Celeron 370- 300A MHz with the Jumperless function
Enabled.

Figure 1-1. Motherboard Layout

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Chapter 2

Hardware Setup

There are two ways to set the CPU type and both ways are
controlled by JP13, JP14, JP15, and JP16:

1. Use jumpers (hardware): JP13 ~ JP16 must be set. Refer
to the following pages (page 4~6).

2. Use BIOS (jumperless): JP13 ~ JP16 must be all closed at
pin 1-2 (default). Refer to BIOS “CPU CHIPSET FEATURE
SETUP”section for a detailed description.

CPU Type Jumper Configuration
CPU 4.5X Clock Setting

PPGA Celeron 370-300A/66MHz

Figure 2-1. CPU Type Configuration

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CPU 5.0X Clock Setting

PPGA Celeron 370-333/66 MHz

Figure 2-2. CPU Type Configuration

CPU 5.5X Clock Setting

PPGA Celeron 370–366/66 MHz

Figure 2-3. CPU Type Configuration

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CPU 6.0X Clock Setting

PPGA Celeron 370-400/66 MHz

Figure 2-4 CPU Type Configuration

System Memory Configuration

This 82440ZX motherboard supports 168 pin DIMM of 4MB,
8MB, 16MB, 32MB, 64MB and 128MB to form a memory size
between 8MB to 256MB (SDRAM). 82440ZX chipsets provide
“Table- Free” function. It means that users can install DRAM
with any configuration and in any bank, which is why the
DRAM table is not needed, but do remember that the DRAM
must be 3.3V Unbuffered and 4 clock type.

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CPU Heat Sink Installation

Follow the following steps in order to install your Intel
PPGA Celeron 370 properly.

Step 1:

If you use INTEL BOX TYPE Celeron 370 CPU and the clip block the case
then you must change the clip with the one that we send you within the
mainboard

Block
the
case

Step 2:

Remove the fan and change the clip with the one that we send
you when you finish changing the clip it should be as following
photo.

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Step 3:

Put the fan back on the heat sink firmly

Jumper Settings
XFAN 1: Onboard FAN (12V) Connector

XFAN1 Function

XFAN Function

CFAN1 CPU FAN

PFAN1 Power FAN

SFAN1 Chassis FAN

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JP3, JP4: Bus Clock Select

Bus Clock JP3, JP4

66MHz

100MHz

Auto detect 66/100MHz

(default)

JP13 ~ JP16: Bus Ratio Select

Bus

JP13~JP16

Ratio

2.0X 4.0X 6.0X

2.5X 4.5X 6.5X

3.0X 5.0X 7.0X

3.5X 5.5X 7.5X

Bus

Ratio

JP13~JP16

Bus

Ratio

JP13~JP16

Bus

Ratio

By BIOS

(default)

JP13~JP16

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JP11, JP12: USB Port Select

USB Port JP11,JP12

Redirect all USB ports

To USB connector

Redirect all USB ports

To AGP (default)

JVGA1: VGA Card

For Special VGA Card*

Normal

(default)

Note: This jumper is set for the special VGA card. Open this
jumper when the systme isnt able to boot

JVGA1

JBAT1: Clear CMOS Data

Clear the CMOS memory by shorting this jumper
momentarily; then remove the cap to retain new settings.

CMOS Data JBAT1

Clear Data

Retain Data

(default)

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Connectors
KB1: Keyboard Connector

A 5-pin female DIN keyboard connector is located at the
upper right corner of the motherboard. Plug the keyboard
jack directly to this connector.

MS1:PS/2 Mouse Connector

Attach PS/2 mouse cable to this 6-pin connector.

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LPT:Parallel Port

The system provides a 2x13-pin parallel port
connector, PRT. Attach parallel port cable to this connector.

COM1/COM2: Serial Port Connectors

The system provides has two 2x5-pin serial port connectors,
COM1 and COM2. Attach COM1/COM2 cables to these
connectors.

COM1/2 (Top View)

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Power Connector

The power connector has two types: AT and ATX
Plug the AT dual connectors from the power directly onto the
board connector while making sure the black leads are in the
center.

AT POWER CONNECTOR

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FDC:Floppy Drive CONNECTOR

The system board has a 2x17-pin floppy drive connector,
FDC. Connect one end of a floppy drive cable to this
connector and the other end to a floppy drive.

IDE1/IDE2: Primary/Secondary IDE Connectors

The system board has a 32-bit ENHANCED PCI IDE
Controller that provides for HDD connectors,
IDE1 (primary) and IDE2 (secondary).

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IDE LED Activity Light: (J2 pin1-4)

This connector connects to the hard disk activity indicator
light on the case.

Infrared Port Module Connector (J2 pin6-10)

The system board provides a 5-pin infrared connector-R1
for an optional wireless transmitting and receiving module.
Pin 6 through 10 are Transmit, GND, Receive (low speed),
Receive (high speed), and Vcc, respectively.

J2 pin12, 13: PWR Switch

Power Switch: Toggle this pin to turn the power supply
on/off (for ATX power only).

SLEEP Switch (J2 pin14, 15)

Toggle this jumper forces the system to sleep. The system
won’t wake up until the hardware event is coming. (The
BIOS Power Management setting must be Enabled.)

Speaker Connector (J3 pin1-4)

The speaker connector is a 4-pin connector for connecting
the system to the case. (See the following drawing for
jumper position.)

Reset Switch (J3 pin5, 6)

The system board has a 2-pin connector for rebooting your
computer without having to turn off your power switch.
This prolongs the life of the system’s power supply.

JWOL1: Wake On Lan (WOL) Connector

This connector is designed to use Lan to boot up the system.
Connect the wake on signal from the Lan card to this connector.

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J1: SB Link

This connector is designed for the Sound Blaster PCI
sound card. (optional) This will allow usage of your PCI
sound card under an MS-DOS environment.

Power LED and Keylock Switch (J3 pin8-2)

The keylock switch is a 5-pin connector for locking the
keyboard for security purposes. (See the following drawing
for jumper position, and pin1~3 is connected to the power LED
and pin 4~5 is connected to the keylock switch.)

USB1: USB Connector

Turbo LED (J2 pin14, 15)

Connect the case’s turbo LED to this connector.

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J2 Switch Signal Summary

J2 Pin Signal Description

HDD LED Connector

N.C. 5 No Connection

Infrared Connector

N.C. 11 No Connection
PWR

SLEEP

J3 Switch Signal Summary

J3 Pin Signal Description

Speaker Connector

Reset Switch
N.C. 7 No Connection

Keylock Connector
N.C. 13 No Connection
Turbo LED Connector

1 +5V
2 HDD LED Signal
3 HDD LED Signal
4 +5V

6 Infrared Transmit Signal
7 GND

Infrared Receive Signal

8

(low speed)
Infrared Receive Signal

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(high speed)

10 +5V

12 CND
13 Power Switch(for ATX Power)

GND

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Sleep Signal

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1 Speaker Sibnal
2 No Connection
3 Ground
4 +5V
5 Reset Signal
6 Ground

8 +5V

9 No ConnectionPower LED Connector
10 Ground
11 Keylock Signal
12 GND

14 Turbo LED Connector
15 Ground

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Chapter 3

Award BIOS Setup

This 82440ZX motherboard comes with the AWARD BIOS
from AWARD Software Inc. Enter the Award BIOS
program Main Menu by:

1. Turn on or reboot the system.
After a series of diagnostic checks, the following message
will appear:

PRESS <DEL> TO ENTER SETUP

2. Press the <DEL> key and the main program screen
will appear as follows.

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS

CMOS SETUP UTILITY

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

STANDARD CMOS SETUP
BIOS FEATURES SETUP
CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP
POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP
PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION
LOAD SETUP DEFAULTS

Esc : Quit ¡ô¡õ¡÷ ¡ö :Select Item
F10 : Save & Exit Setup (Shift) F2 : Change Color

Time, Date,Hard Disk Type...

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
SUPERVISOR PASSWORD
USER PASSWORD
IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION
HDD LOW LEVEL FORMAT
SAVE & EXIT SETUP
EXIT WITHOUT SAVING

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3. Using the arrows on your keyboard, select an
option, and press <Enter>. Modify the system parameters
to reflect the options installed in your system.

4. You may return to the Main Menu anytime by pressing
<ESC> .

5. In the Main Menu, “SAVE AND EXIT SETUP” saves your
changes and reboots the system, and “EXIT WITHOUT
SAVING” ignores your changes and exits the program.

Standard CMOS Setup

Standard CMOS Setup allows you to record some basic
system hardware configuration and set the system clock and
error handling. You only need to modify the configuration
values of this option when you change your system
hardware configuration or the configuration stored in the
CMOS memory gets lost or damaged.

Run the Standard CMOS Setup as follows:

1. Choose “STANDARD CMOS SETUP” from the Main

Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear.

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS

STANDARD CMOS SETUP

Date (mm:dd:yy) : Thu, May 9 1996
Time (hh:mm:ss) : 15 : 45 : 10

HARD DISKS TYPE SIZE CYLS HEAD PRECOMP LANDZ SECTOR MODE
Rimary Master : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto

Primary Slave : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto
Secondary Master : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto
Secondary Slave : Auto 0 0 0 0 0 0 Auto

Drive A: 1.44M, 3.5 in.
Drive B: None

Video : EGA/VGA
Halt On : All Errors

Esc : Quit ↑ ↓ → ←¡@ ¡GSelect Item PU/PD/+/- : Modify
F1 : Help (Shift) F2 : Change Color

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

Base Memory: 640K
Extended Memory: 15360K
Other Memory: 384K

Total Memory: 16384K

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and
modify the selected options by using PgUp/PgDn/+/¡Ð
keys.

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A short description of the screen options is as follows:

Date (mm:dd:yy) Set the current date and time.
Time (hh:mm:ss)

Primary This field records the specifications
(Secondary) for all non-SCSI hard disk drives
Master/Slave installed in your system. Refer to

the respective documentation on
how to install the drives.

Drive A/B Set this field to the type(s) of floppy

disk drive(s) installed in your system.
The choices are:
360KB, 5.25 in.,

1.2MB, 5.25 in.,
720KB, 3.5 in.,

1.44M, 3.5 in. (default),

2.88MB, 3.5 in., or None

Video Set this field to the type of video

display card installed in the system.
The choices are: Monochrome;
Color 40x25; VGA/EGA (default);
or Color 80x25

Halt On Set this warning feature for the type of

errors that will cause the system to halt.
The choices are: All Errors (default);
No Errors; All, But Keyboard;
All, But Diskette; or
All, But Disk/Key

3. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu when you finish
setting up the “Standard CMOS Setup”

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BIOS Features Setup

Virus Warning : Disabeld

CPU Internal Cache : Enabled

External Cache : Enabled

CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking : Enabled

Quick Power on Self Test : Enalbed

Boot Sequence : A,C,SCSI

Swap Floppy Drive : Disabled

Boot Up Floppy Seek : Enabled

Typematic Rate Setting : Disabled

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop : Disabled

Assign IRQ For VGA : Enabled

OS Select for DRAMs>64MB : Non-OS/2

ESC :Quit

: Select Item

F1 :Help PU/PD/+/-: Modify

BIOS Features Setup allows you to improve your system
performance or set up system features according to
your preference.

Run the BIOS Features Setup as follows:

1. Choose “BIOS FEATURES SETUP” from the Main Menu
and a screen with a list of options will appear.

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS

BIOS FEATURES SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

Boot Up NumLock Status : On
Gate A20 Option : Fast

Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) : 6
Typematic Delay (Msec) : 250
Security Option : Setup

Report No FDD For WIN 95 : No

Video BIOS Shadow : Enabled
C8000-CBFFF Shadow : Disabled
CC000-CFFFF Shadow : Disabled
D0000-D3FFF Shadow : Disabled
D4000-D7FFF Shadow : Disabled
D8000-DBFFF Shadow : Disabled
DC000-DFFFF Shadow : Disabled

¡ô¡õ¡÷ ¡ö

F5 :Old Values(Shift)F2 : Color
F6 :Load BIOS Defaults
F7 :Load Setup Defaults

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and
modify the selected options by using PgUp/PgDn/+/­keys. An explanation of the <F> keys follows:

<F1>: “Help” gives options available for each item.

Shift <F2>: Change color.

<F5>: Get the previous values. These values are the

values with which the user started in the
current session.

<F6>: Load all options with the BIOS default

values.

<F7>: Load all options with the Setup default

values.

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A short description of screen options follows:
Virus Warning Enabled: Activates automatically

when the system boots
up causing a warning
message to appear if
there is anything
attempting to access the
boot sector or hard disk
partition table.

Disabled: No warning message

will appear when there is
something attempting to
access the boot sector or
hard disk partition table

Note: Many diagnostic (or boot

manager) programs which
attempt to access the boot sector
table can cause the above
warning message. If you will be
running such a program, we
recommend that you disable the
virus protection first.

CPU Internal Choose Enabled (default) or
Cache Disabled. This option allows you to

enable or disable the CPU’s internal
cache.

External Cache Choose Enabled (default) or

Disabled. This option allows you to
enable or disable the external cache
memory.

Quick Power On Choose Enabled (default) or
Self Test Disabled. This option allows you to

speed up the Power-On Self-Test
routine.

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Boot Sequence Default is “A, C, SCSI” This option

determines which drive to look at
first for an operating system.

Swap Floppy Drive Choose Enabled or Disabled

(default). This option swaps floppy
drive assignments when it is enabled.

Boot Up Floppy Enabled (default): During POST,
Seek BIOS checks the track number of the

floppy disk drive to see whether it
is 40 or 80 tracks.
Disabled: During POST, BIOS will
not check the track number of the
floppy disk drive.

Boot Up NumLock Choose On (default) or Off. This
Status option lets user activate the

NumLock function at boot-up.

Gate A20 Option Choose Normal or Fast (default).

This option allows the RAM to
access the memory above 1MB by
using the fast gate A20 line.

Typematic Rate Choose Enabled or Disabled
Setting (default). Enable this option to

adjust the keystroke repeat rate.

Typematic Rate Range between 6 (default) and 30
(Chars/Sec) characters per second. This option

controls the speed of repeating
keystrokes.

Typematic Delay Choose 250 (default), 500, 750, and
(Msec) 1000. This option sets the time

interval for displaying the first and
the second characters.

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Security Option Choose System or Setup (default).

This option prevents
unauthorized system boot-up or use
of BIOS Setup.

PCI/VGA palette Choose Enabled or Disabled
Snoop (default). It determines whether or not the

MPEG ISA cards can work with
PCI/VGA.

Assign IRQ for Choose Enabled (default) or
VGA Disabled.

Enabled: Add one IRQ to VGA
controller.
Disabled: Remove IRQ from VGA
controller. The system will have
extra IRQ for other devices but the
VGA controller will still not be
disabled (only IRQ will be removed.)

OS Select for Non-OS2 (default): For Non-OS/2
DRAM > 64MB system.

OS: For OS/2 system.

Report No FDD Yes: BIOS reports “NO FDD” to
For WIN95 Win95.

No (default): BIOS will not report
“NO FDD” to Win95.

Video BIOS Enabled (default): Map the VGA
Shadow BIOS to system RAM.

Disabled: Will not map the VGA BIOS
to system RAM.

C8000-CBFFF to These options are used to shadow
DC000-DFFF other expansion card ROMs.
Shadow

3. Press <ESC> and follow the screen instructions to save or
disregard your settings.

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Chipset Features Setup

Auto Configuration : Enabled

DRAM Data Integrity Mode : Non-ECC

System BIOS Cacheable : Disabled

Video BIOS Cacheable : Disabled

Video RAM Cacheable : Disabled

Memory hole At 15M-16M : Disabled

Passive Release : Enabled

Delay Transaction : Diabled

ESC: Quit ↑ ↓ → ←: Select Item

F1 : Help PU/PD/+/-: Modify

F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color

Chipset Features Setup changes the values of the chipset
registers. These registers control the system options.
Run the Chipset Features Setup as follows:

1. Choose “CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP” from the Main
Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear.

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP

AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.

EDO DRAM Speed Selection : 60ns
EDO CASx# MA Wait State : 2
EDO RASx# To CAS# Delay : 2
SDRAM CAS latency Time : 3

8 Bit I/O Recovery Time : 1
16 Bit I/O Recovery Time : 1

AGP Aperture Size (MB) : 64

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and
modify the selected options by using PgUp/PgDn/+/¡Ð
keys.

A short description of screen options follows:

CPU Host Clook(CPU/PCI):Default
CPU Clook Ratio :4.5X
CPU Warning Temperature:Disabled
Current System Temp :
Current CPU1 Temperature:
Current CPUFAN1 Speed :
Current CPUFAN2 Speed :
Current CPUFAN3 Speed :
IN0 (V) : IN1(V):
IN2 (V) : +5 V :
+12 V : -12 V :

-5 V :

F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
F7 : Load Setup Defaults

Auto Choose Enabled (default) or
Configuration Disabled. The system sets all

EDO DRAM Speed Choose 50ns or 60ns (default). Do
Selection not change this setting unless you

options on the left side of the screen
automatically when you choose
Enabled.

know the DRAM access time spec.

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EDO CASX# MA You could select the timing control type of
Wait State EDO DRAM CAS MA (memory address

bus).
The choices are: 1, 2.

CPU Host Clock Choose 66/33,75/37,83/41MHz, or
(CPU/PCI) 133/33,140/35,112/37,115/38,120/40

140/35MHz,124/41,133/44MHz.

CPU Clock Ratio Choose 2.0X, 2.5X, 3.0X, 3.5X, 4.5X,

4.0X,5.0X, 5.5X, 6.0X,

6.5X, 7.0X, 7.5X, or 8.0X.

EDO RASX# Wait You could select the timing control type
State of EDO DRAM RAS MA (memory

address bus).
The choice: 1, 2.

SDRAM CAS You can select CAS latency time in
Latency Time HCLKs of 2/2 or 3/3. The system board

designer should have set the values in this
field, depending on the DRAM installed.
Do not change the values in this field
unless you change specifications of the
installed DRAM or the installed CPU..

DRAM Data Choose Non-ECC (default) or ECC
Integrity Mode Depends on the DRAM type.

ECC stands for Error Check and
Correct.
Non-ECC: Disabled ECC check
function.
ECC: Enabled ECC check
function.

System BIOS Choose Enabled or Disabled
Cacheable (default). When Enabled, the access

to the system BIOS ROM addressed
at F0000H-FFFFFH is cached.

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Video BIOS Choose Enabled or Disabled
Cacheable (default). When Enabled, the access

to the VGA BIOS ROM addressed at
C0000H-C7FFFH is cached.

Video RAM Choose Enabled or Disabled
Cacheable (default). When Enabled, the access

to the VGA RAM addressed is
cached.

8 Bit I/O Recovery This delay happens when the CPU
Time is running so much faster than the

I/O bus that the CPU must be

16 Bit I/O Recovery delayed to allow for the completion
Time of the I/O.

The choices for 8 bit I/O are NA, 1
to 8 CPU clock. Default is 3.
The choices for 16 bit I/O are NA, 1
to 4 CPU clock. Default is 2.

Memory Hole At Choose Enabled or Disabled (default).
15M-16M In order to improve performance,

certain space in memory can be
reserved for ISA cards. This
memory must be mapped into the
memory’s space below 16MB.

Passive Release When Enabled, CPU to PCI bus accesses

are allowed during passive release.
Otherwise, the arbiter only accepts another
PCI master access to local DRAM.
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

Delayed The chipset has an embedded 32-bit
Transaction posted write buffer to support delay

transactions cycles. Select Enabled to
support compliance with PCI specification
version 2.1.

The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

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AGP Aperture Size Choose 4 , 8, 16, 32, 64 (default), 128,
(MB) or 256 MB. Memory mapped and

graphics data structures can reside
in a Graphics Aperture. This area is
like a linear buffer. BIOS will
automatically report the starting address
of this buffer to the O.S.

3. Press <ESC> and follow the screen instructions to save or
disregard your settings.

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Power Management Setup

Power Management : User Define

Soft-Off by PWR-BTTN : Instant-Off

ESC : Quit ¡@ ↑ ↓ → ←: Select Item

Power Management Setup sets the system’s power saving
functions.

1. Choose “POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP” from the
Main Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear.

ROM PCI/ISA BIOS

POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP

ACPI Function : Enabled

PM Control by APM : No
Video Off Method : V/H
SYNC+Blank
Video Off After : Standby
Modem Use IRQ : 3
Doze Mode : Disabled
Standby Mode : Disabled
Suspend Mode : Disabled
HDD Power Down : Disabled
Throttle Duty Cycle : 62.5%
PCI/VGA Act Monitor : Enabled

Poweron by Ring : Disabled
Resume by Alarm : Qisabled
Wake Up On LAN : Disabled
IRQ 8 Break Suspend : Disabled

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2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and
modify the selected options by using PgUp/PgDn/+/­keys.

** Reload Global Timer Events **
IRQ[3-7,9-15], NMI : Enabled
Primary IDE 0 : Enabled
Primary IDE 1 : Enabled
Secondary IDE 0 : Enabled
Secondary IDE 1 : Enabled
Floppy Disk : Enabled
Serial Port : Enabled
Parallel Port : Enabled

F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify
F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color
F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
F7 : Load Setup Defaults

A short description of screen options follows:

Power Choose Max. Saving, User Define
Management (default), Disabled, or Min. Saving.

PM Control by Choose Yes or No (default). You
APM need to choose Yes when the

operating system has the APM
functions, otherwise choose No.

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Video Off Method Choose Blank , DPMS, or V/H

Sync+Blank (default). You can
choose either DPMS or V/H
Sync+Blank when the monitor has
the Green function. You need to
choose Blank when the monitor has
neither the Green function.

Video Off After Choose NA, Suspend, Standby

(default), or Doze.

MODEM Use IRQ Assign the IRQ number to the

modem which is being used so that
the ring signal can wakeup the
system. The default setting is 3
(COM2).

Doze Mode This mode sets the CPU

speed down to 33MHz.

Standby Mode These two options allow you to
Suspend Mode choose the mode for the different

timers. The Standby Mode turns off
the VGA monitor, and the Suspend
Mode turns off the CPU and saves
the energy of the system.

HDD Power Down Time is adjustable from 1 to 15

minutes. When the set time has
elapsed, the BIOS sends a command
to the HDD to power down, which
turns off the motor.

Throttle Duty Choose the duty cycle time: 12.5%,
Cycle 25%, 37.5%, 50%, 62.5% (default),

75%,. The bigger the percentage, the
more power saving.

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PCI/VGA Enabled: the system can not enter
Act-Monitor the power saving mode

when monitor is on.

Disabled: the system can enter the

power saving mode
when monitor is on.

Soft-Off by PWR- Instant-off: (default) turns off the
BTTN system power at once

after pushing the
power button.

Delay 4 Sec: turns off the system

power 4 seconds after
pushing the power
button (to meet PC97/98
spec.)

Modem Ring An input signal on the serial Ring
Resume Indicator (RI) Line (in other words,

An incoming call on the modem)
Awakens the system from a soft off
state

Wake On LAN Enabled: Wake up the system

from the LAN card (LAN
Card must support Wake
Up On LAN function
And the power supply
must provide at least
5V/750Ma standby current)

IRQ8 Break You can Enable or Disable monitoring of
Suspend IRQ8 so it does not awaken the system

from Suspend mode.
The Choice: Enabled, Disabled.

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IRQ (#), NMI; Enabled: (default) The system can

not enter the power

Primary IDE 0 saving rnode when I/O
Primary IDE 1; ports or IRQ # is
Secondary IDE 0 activated
Secondary IDE 1; Disabled: The system still can enter

the power saving mode

Floppy Disk; when I/O ports or IRQ#

is activated.

Serial Port;
Parallel Port

Note: These functions can only be activated when the power

management option is Enabled

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3. Press <ESC> and follow the screen instructions to save or
disregard your settings.

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PnP/PCI Configuration Setup

IRQ-3 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

IRQ-4 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

IRQ-5 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

IRQ-7 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

IRQ-9 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

IRQ-10 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

IRQ-11 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

IRQ-12 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

IRQ-14 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

IRQ-15 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

DMA-0 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

DMA-1 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

DMA-3 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

DMA-5 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

DMA-6 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

DMA-7 assigned to : PCI/ISA PnP

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F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify

F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2 : Color

PnP/PCI Configuration Setup configures the PCI bus slots.

Run the Chipset Features Setup as follows:

1. Choose “PnP/PCI CONFIGURATION SETUP” from the
Main Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear.

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PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION

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PNP OS Installed : No
Resources Controlled By : Manual
Reset Configuration Data: Disabled

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and
modify the selected options by using PgUp/PgDn/+/­keys.

Used MEM base adr : N/A
Used MEM Length* : 8K
Assign IRQ For USB : Enabled

F6 : Load BIOS Defaults
F7 : Load Setup Defaults

A short description of screen options follows:
PNP OS Installed Yes: OS supports Plug and Play

function.
No (default): OS doesn’t support
Plug and Play function.

Note: BIOS will automatically disable

all PnP resources except the boot
device card when you select Yes on
Non-PnP OS..

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Resources Choose Manual (default) or Auto.
Controlled By The BIOS checks the IRQ/DMA

channel number on the ISA and PCI
card manually if you choose Manual and
the IRQ/DMA channel number will
be checked automatically if you choose
Auto.

Reset Choose Enabled or Disabled
Configuration Data (default). Disabled retains

PnP configuration data in BIOS and
Enabled resets the PnP
configuration data in the BIOS.

IRQ-x assigned to Legacy ISA: Manually assigns
DMA-x assigned to IRQ/DMA to device.

PCI/ISA PnP: BIOS assigns
IRQ/DMA to device automatically.

Used MEM Base Choose N/A (default) or ISA legacy
Addr card to have the memory start at the

address.

Used MEM Choose 8K, 16K, 32K, or 64K.
Length*

With the above two functions, users
can define where the used memory
address is located and its
corresponding length of the legacy
area. BIOS will skip the UMB area
which is used by the legacy device
to avoid memory space conflict.

* This function is active only
when the ”Used MEM Base Addr” is
chosen.

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Assign IRQ for Choose Enabled (default) or
USB Disabled.

Enabled: Add one IRQ to USB

controller.

Disabled: Remove IRQ from USB

controller. The system
will have extra IRQ for
other devices but the
USB controller will still
not be disabled (only IRQ
was removed.)

3. Press <ESC> and follow the screen instructions to save or

disregard your settings.

Load Setup Defaults

Load Setup Defaults option loads the default system values
to the system configuration fields. If the CMOS is corrupted
the defaults are loaded automatically. Choose this option
and the following message will appear:

“Load Setup Defaults (Y/N)? N”
To use the Setup defaults, change the prompt to “Y” and

press <Enter>.

3. Press <ESC> and follow the screen instructions to save or

disregard your settings.

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Integrated Peripherals

IDE HDD Block Mode : Enabled

On-Chip Primary PCI IDE : Enalbed

On-Chip Secondary PCI IDE : Enalbed

USB Keyboard Support : Disabled

Onboard FDC Controller : Enabled

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F1 : Help PU/PD/+/- : Modify

Integrated Peripherals option changes the values of the
chipset registers. These registers control system options in
the computer.

1. Choose “INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS” from the Main
Menu and a screen with a list of options will appear.

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INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS

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UART Mode Select : IrDA
IDE Primary Master PIO : Auto
IDE Primary Slave PIO : Auto
IDE Secondary Master PIO : Auto
IDE Secondary Slave PIO : Auto
IDE Primary Master UDMA : Auto
IDE Primary Slave UDMA : Auto
IDE Secondary Master UDMA : Auto
IDE Secondary Slave UDMA : Auto

KBC Input Clock : 8 MHz
Onboard Serial Port 1 : Auto

Onboard Serial Port 2 : Auto

2. Use one of the arrow keys to move between options and
modify the selected options by using PgUp/PgDn/+/¡V
keys.

RxD, TxD Active : Lo, Lo

IR Transmittion Delay : Disabled

Onboard Parallel Port : 378/IRQ7

Parallel Port Mode : ECP+EPP

ECP Mode Use DMA : 3

EPP Mode Select : EPP1.7

F5 : Old Values (Shift)F2: Color

F6 : Load BIOS Defaults

F7 : Load Setup Defaults

A short description of screen options is as follows:

IDE HDD Block Choose Enabled (default) or
Mode Disabled. If your hard disk size is

larger than 540MB, choose Enabled,
and, if you are using the IDE HDD
Auto Detection option, the BIOS
will choose this option
automatically.

Note: Some older model HDDs don’t
provide this feature.

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IDE Primary Choose Auto (default) or Mode 0~4.
Master/Slave PIO The BIOS will detect the HDD Mode
IDE Secondary type automatically when you
Master/Slave PIO choose Auto. You need to set to a

lower mode than Auto when your
hard disk becomes unstable.

On-Chip Primary/ Enabled: (default)Turn on the
Secondary PCI IDE onboard IDE function.

Disabled: Turn off the onboard IDE

function.

Onboard PCI SCSI Choose Enabled or Disabled
Chip (default).

Enabled: Turn on onboard SCSI

controller (Adaptec 7880

Ultra Wide SCSI.)
Disabled: (default) Turn off
onboard SCSI controller.

USB Keyboard Enabled: Enables function when

Support the USB keyboard is

being used.

Disabled: (default) When the AT

keyboard is being used.

KBC Input Clock Choose 6MHz, 8MHz (default),

12MHz, or 16MHz. There may be
a compatibility problem when it is
set above 8MHz.

Onboard FDC Choose Enabled (default) or
Controller Disabled. Choose Disabled when

you use an ISA card with FDD
function, or , choose Enabled to use
the onboard FDD connector.

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Onboard Serial Choose Auto (default), 3F8/IRQ4,
Port 1 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, or

Disabled. Do no set port 1 & 2 to
the same value, except when setting at
Disabled.

Onboard Serial Choose Auto (default), 3F8/IRQ4 ,
Port 2 2F8/IRQ3, 3E8/IRQ4, 2E8/IRQ3, or

Disabled.

UART Mode select Choose Normal (default), IrDA, or

ASKIR.

IR Transmition Enabled: Enabled delay when
Delay transferring data.

Disabled (default) Disabled delay

when transferring data.

Onboard Parallel Choose the printer I/O address:
Port 378H/IRQ7 (default), 3BCH/IRQ7,

278H/IRQ5

Parallel Port Mode Choose SPP (default), ECP + EPP

EPP, or ECP mode. The mode
depends on the external device
connected to this port.

ECP Mode Use Choose DMA3 (default) or DMA1.
DMA Most sound cards use DMA1.

Check with your sound card
configuration to make sure that
there is no conflict with this
function.

*: This option will not be displayed

unless the EPP/ECP function is
selected..

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EPP Mode Select Choose EPP1.7 (default) or EPP1.9.

EPP1.9 supports hardware
handshake. This setting is
dependent upon your EPP device.

Note: The above 2 options will not be

displayed unless the EPP/ECP
function is selected.

3. Press <ESC> and follow the screen instructions to save or
disregard your settings.

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Supervisor/User Password

These two options allow you to set your system passwords.
Normally, the supervisor has a higher ability to change the
CMOS setup option than the user. The way to set up the

passwords for both Supervisor and User are as follows:

1. Choose “Change Password” in the Main Menu and press
<Enter>. The following message appears:

“Enter Password:”

2. The first time you run this option, enter your password
up to 8 characters and press <Enter>. The screen
does not display the entered characters.

3. After you enter the password, the following message
appears prompting you to confirm the password:

“Confirm Password:”

4. Enter the same password “exactly” as you just typed again to
confirm the password and press <Enter>.

5. Move the cursor to Save & Exit Setup to save the
password.

6. If you need to delete the password you entered before,
choose the Supervisor Password and press <Enter>. It
will delete the password that you had before.

7. Move the cursor to Save & Exit Setup to save the option
you did, otherwise the old password will still be there
the next time you turn your machine on.

8. Press <ESC> to exit to the Main Menu.

Note: If you forget or lose the password, the only way to access
the system is to clear the CMOS RAM by setting JBAT1.
All setup information will be lost and you need to run the
BIOS setup program again.

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IDE HDD Auto Detection

IDE HDD Auto Detection detects the parameters of an IDE
hard disk drive and automatically enters them to the
Standard CMOS Setup screen.

The screen will ask you to select a specific hard disk for
Primary Master after you select this option. If you accept a
hard disk detected by the BIOS, you can enter “Y” to
confirm and then press <Enter> to check next hard disk.
This function allows you to check four hard disks and you
may press the <ESC> after the <Enter> to skip this function
and go back to the Main Menu.

Save & Exit Setup

Save & Exit Setup allows you to save all modifications you
have specified into the CMOS memory. Highlight this
option on the Main Menu and the following message
appears:

SAVE to CMOS and EXIT (Y/N)? Y
Press <Enter> key to save the configuration changes.

Exit Without Saving

Exit Without Saving allows you to exit the Setup utility
without saving the modifications that you have specified.
Highlight this option on the Main Menu and the following
message appears:
Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N

You may change the prompt to “Y” and press the <Enter> key
to leave this option.